XML is an international data standard, a sort of lingua franca for computing. To be formal about it, XML stands for Extensible Markup Language. Practically speaking, XML is a method to structure ...

Such interoperability could unleash amazing new automation and efficiencies in information systems, spawning a powerful new service-driven computer industry. For example, software might be written ...

Tight IT budgets make it tough for managers to stay at the cutting edge of technology, but in one area they may not have to bother. For now, electronic data interchange (EDI), the old system for ...

If hearing “XML this” and “XML that” has your head spinning, this basic tutorial will help. Get up to speed on when, why, and how to use XML. If you’ve been stuck on some legacy project, the gap ...

An XML document is a great way to represent information. But some characters, such as the ampersand, can be problematic because they have special meaning. Here is how to avoid the pitfalls presented ...

For those of us who have spent entire careers working with structured data, it comes as something of a surprise to be reminded that XML is now 25 years old. You probably missed the XML standard on the ...

Something about Extensible Markup Language is intimidating. We all hear about it and are aware of it. Yet most people have no idea what it is. XML facilitates data exchange between websites and ...

"Who wrote this VBA macro? No one can read it anymore." This was the first thing I felt when I took over the operation of a ...

What was considered best practice yesterday does not hold true today and this is especially relevant when it comes to XML sitemaps, which are almost as old as SEO itself. The problem is, it’s ...